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Don Lum
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Posted: Mar 05, 2019 14:35 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Tobi wrote: | And again a museum piece of superb quality AND size. The massive form, the perfect terminations, the different colour zones and the transparency make it an incredibly great crystal of spodumene, to me one of the best I've ever seen!
... And I think I have seen it before: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfA-eQ2_lDA
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Hello Tobi,
Thank you for your nice comment on The White Dragon. It is one of the best and unique spodumenes I have ever seen also. It is gemmy, terminated on both ends and a matrix piece. Like a lot of spodumenes it is also a twin. It was presented in Tucson in a lecture and twice at the TGMS Show and twice on What's Hot in Tucson.
I appreciate hearing from you.
Best wishes,
Don
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Posted: Mar 05, 2019 23:20 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Native Elements
Mineral: | Gold, Paladium |
Locality: | Caroní River, Uriman, Bolívar State, Venezuela | |
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Dimensions: | 23.8 mm x 12.7 mm x 7.4 mm |
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Don Lum
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Posted: Mar 09, 2019 19:22 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Rhodochrosite
Mineral: | Rhodochrosite, Quartz, Fluorite |
Locality: | Sweet Home Mine, Mount Bross, Alma District, Park County, Colorado, USA | |
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Tobi
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Posted: Mar 10, 2019 02:31 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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I can't find words for that (18 cm!) rhodochrosite specimen from Sweet Home Mine. Don, your collection thread, though always good, begins to enter a new dimension, wow!!!
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Don Lum
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Posted: Mar 10, 2019 11:23 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Tobi wrote: | I can't find words for that (18 cm!) rhodochrosite specimen from Sweet Home Mine. Don, you collection thread, though always good, begins to enter a new dimension, wow!!! |
Tobi, thank you so much for your comment. It is always great to hear from you.
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Don
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Posted: Mar 10, 2019 20:22 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Schorl
Mineral: | Schorl, Quartz (variety amethyst) |
Locality: | Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region, Namibia | |
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Dimensions: | 115 mm x 80 mm x 65 mm |
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Posted: Mar 17, 2019 22:58 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Fluorite
Mineral: | Fluorite, Muscovite |
Locality: | Nagar, Hunza Valley, Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan | |
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Dimensions: | 60 mm x 58 mm x 40 mm |
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Tobi
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Posted: Mar 18, 2019 02:27 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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They are getting better and better and better ...
... and better ... that amethyst on schorl is a fantastic specimen, I remember you talking about it with Dave Wilber on your WHIT video ;-)
You have such a wonderful collection, Don, it's a pleasure to see photos of it here!
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Don Lum
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Posted: Mar 18, 2019 09:05 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Tobi wrote: | They are getting better and better and better ...
... and better ... that amethyst on schorl is a fantastic specimen, I remember you talking about it with Dave Wilber on your WHIT video ;-)
You have such a wonderful collection, Don, it's a pleasure to see photos of it here! |
Tobi, I appreciate your comments very much. I did have fun talking to Dave Wilber about my collection.
Thank you for writing.
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Don
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Posted: Mar 21, 2019 18:46 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Beryl
Mineral: | Beryl (variety aquamarine) |
Locality: | Braldu Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan | |
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Posted: Mar 23, 2019 17:02 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Apatite
Mineral: | Apatite, Siderite |
Locality: | Minas da Panasqueira, Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis, Covilhã, Castelo Branco, Cova da Beira, Centro, Portugal | |
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Posted: Mar 24, 2019 13:03 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Cassiterite
Mineral: | Cassiterite |
Locality: | Viloco Mine, Loayza Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia | |
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Posted: Mar 31, 2019 17:10 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Legrandite
Mineral: | Legrandite |
Locality: | Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango, Mexico | |
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Posted: Apr 02, 2019 21:19 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Hemimorphite
Mineral: | Hemimorphite |
Locality: | Wenshan, Wenshan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China | |
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Tobi
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Posted: Apr 03, 2019 00:58 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Don, what else to say ...
... GORGEOUS - ALL OF THEM!
I guess there are more to come? :-)
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Don Lum
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Posted: Apr 03, 2019 20:33 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Tobi wrote: | Don, what else to say ...
... GORGEOUS - ALL OF THEM!
I guess there are more to come? :-) |
Hello Tobi,
Thank you for your nice comment. I plan to do some more posts. When Jordi asked me to post some of my collection, my plan was to post a half dozen or so, but as you can see it has gotten out of hand ;-)
Best wishes,
Don
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Posted: Apr 08, 2019 20:43 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Elbaite
Mineral: | Elbaite (Tourmaline Group), Albite (variety cleavelandite) |
Locality: | Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan | |
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Posted: Apr 09, 2019 19:29 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Quartz
Mineral: | Quartz, Chlorite |
Locality: | Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan | |
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Posted: Apr 12, 2019 15:30 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Beryl
Mineral: | Beryl (variety aquamarine) |
Locality: | Braldu Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan | |
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Dimensions: | 104 mm x 40 mm |
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Mineral: | Beryl (variety aquamarine) |
Locality: | Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan | |
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Dimensions: | 104 mm x 40 mm |
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Posted: Apr 14, 2019 17:44 Post subject: Re: Don Lum Collection |
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Bastnäsite
Mineral: | Bastnäsite-(Ce), Parisite, Riebeckite, Quartz |
Locality: | Zagi Mountain, Hameed Abad Kafoor Dheri, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan | |
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Dimensions: | 100 mm x 70 mm x 60 mm |
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Mineral: | Bastnäsite-(Ce), Parisite, Riebeckite, Quartz |
Locality: | Zagi Mountain, Hameed Abad Kafoor Dheri, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan | |
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Dimensions: | 100 mm x 70 mm x 60 mm |
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Some of the quartz crystals have Astrophyllite inclusions. |
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